Community Center Offers Hope to Immigrant Moms

ESOL teacher Marlene Rodriguez works with the moms on the present continuous tense, as one of their kids observes.  

Duke student in green helps a Guatemalan read a book in English – her third language. (Hope CommUnity Center)

Hope CommUnity Center mom (right) reads her outline of her book. (Hope CommUnity Center)

Mural in the Hope CommUnity Center’s community room where the ESOL class takes place.

Service Learning Director Maria Desangles poses next to the women’s empowerment collage the students in the youth program created with the Duke Women’s Center. (Hope CommUnity Center)

Entrance to Hope CommUnity Center (Hope CommUnity Center)